11. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
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For all his terrific success as a singles star, Ricky Steamboat has always said he considers the best part of his career his partnership with Jay Youngblood. Both men were wonderful babyfaces, Steamboat with his great build and Youngblood a Native American proud of his heritage. Together, they mixed technical work with fantastic high-flying and could get a great match out of even lower-rung guys. Their 1983 feud for the tag titles with Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernolde culminated in a cage match that sold out so majorly that the traffic around the arena was snarled for miles. The duo then moved onto another great feud with Jack and Jerry Brisco, the two teams trading the titles in great bouts, ending in a cage match at the first Starrcade.
The two would split up before Youngblood’s tragic death in 1985 but leave behind a highlight reel of great matches that elevated Steamboat nicely and no wonder he still regards this as a highlight of his amazing career.
10. The Hart Foundation
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The “Pink and Black Attack” were a gateway to Bret Hart’s rise in the WWE as he and Jim Neidhart were well-matched. “The Anvil” brought the strength and power while the “Hitman” supplied the skill, speed and technical brilliance. With Jimmy Hart backing them, the Foundation were soon firing on all cylinders at one of the best periods for tag team wrestling in the company.
They would dominate most of 1987 as the champions and have another good run in 1990, taking on the best teams of their time. It led to great success and gave Bret the skills and experience he would use in his later stellar run as a singles star. Despite all that, the Foundation was still a hot act and one fans of WWe in the late ‘80’s remember so well.
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